4/28/2009 @ 4:00PM

In Depth: Baseball's Most Intense Rivalries

1. San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers

One-two divisional finishes: 12

Close season finishes (five games or less): 19

Current ticket markup: 44%

One of baseball’s most enduring rivalries, the Giants have a slight edge over the Dodgers–1,154 wins to 1,133–in this series, which has always been competitive. Some of baseball’s all-time greats have played in this series, including hall-of-famers Willie Mays, Sandy Koufax, Duke Snider, Juan Marichal and Roy Campanella. The only bi-coastal feud in baseball, it’s also one of the most intensely felt among players. Dodger great Jackie Robinson decided to retire from baseball entirely when he found out he’d been traded to the Giants.

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